Unsnarling traffic can be a mess Marc B. Haefele, Marc B. Haefele is a commentator for KPCC-FM (89.3) and writes for Citybeat, Citywatch and Nomada magazine of Buenos Aires.

Taking race out of the race Abigail Thernstrom and Stephan Thernstrom, Abigail Thernstrom is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Stephan Thernstrom is a professor of history at Harvard University. They are the coauthors of "America in Black and White: One Nation, Indivisible," published in 1997.

The end of the 'guilty Israeli' Yossi Klein Halevi, Yossi Klein Halevi is a senior fellow in the Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies of the Shalem Center in Jerusalem and author of "At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden: A Jew's Search for Hope with Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land."

What's our sign? D.J. Waldie, D.J. Waldie, a contributing editor to The Times, is the coauthor with Diane Keaton of "California Romantica."